How many Instant Level 80 boosts have you bought?

[Danikat.8537]

Not including the ones that come with HoT and PoF.

I'm asking purely because I'm curious. I remember this item having a mixed reaction when it was released, some people had been asking for this for a while, others thought anyone who had been playing for a while would have more than enough Tomes of Knowledge and birthday scrolls to instantly level a character whenever they wanted and it would be pointless to pay for it. I'm just wondering how it worked out in practice.

And yes I'm aware the forums are not an accurate sample of the whole playerbase, but it's the only option I have, and like I said it's purely out of curiosity so it doesn't matter if it's not perfectly accurate.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Ha! I still have the two in my Shared Inventory Slot.

[Azraeil.7013]

None beside the ones we receive for free from expansion pack.I have to many scrolls and tomb of knowledge to level 3 more character to higher level, also meta armor for them

[Tarlonniel.6534]

It might be two, but it's hard to remember which I bought because I wanted the boost and which were just part of a package deal. They're useful if I'm aiming for a certain elite spec on a character and I'm not fond of how the base class plays.

[Danikat.8537]

I haven't bought any and I'm not planning to buy any. In theory I like the idea of having them available just in case I do ever want one, but I suspect the price would put me off and I'd just use another method.

In practice it's highly unlikely to come up. I currently have enough tomes/scrolls to level 3 characters to 80, plus 1 to level 68 and I'd still have birthday scrolls left. I always aim to keep 80 Tomes as a minimum (or a mix of tomes and scrolls) but I've never come close to having only 80 left. Maybe more importantly there's only been once when I 'needed' a new level 80 at short notice (when the NPE was introduced and broke the story - I wanted to document all the issues and that meant playing through it, but I wasn't willing to use any of my existing characters).

I have instantly levelled some characters, using either the boosts from the expansions or scrolls/tomes, but I didn't really need to do that. (Except maybe my warrior, I don't enjoy playing warrior so I doubt I'd ever get to 80 levelling him naturally.)

[kurfu.5623]

Never bought any from Gem store, but used the two included with the expansions.

[Dreamreaver.4908]

I'm too old to ever have a need for them, what with stacks of tomes and extra scrolls sitting around.

But if I didn't have those, I'd probably buy a boost or two... if I didn't already have each profession.

[Divine Monk.2401]

Got the two from expac, have not needed to buy any since. Like others have said got far too many tomes lol.

[Blocki.4931]

Haven't bought any. Since I play(ed) a ton of WvW I have a couple hundred Tomes of Knowledge flying about and I definitely do not crave the boosted soldier gear that I'll have to replace immediately anyway

[Jora.5471]

I have 70 character slots, I have no reason to buy instant 80 boost as leveling tomes and birthday scrolls drops a lot.

[Taygus.4571]

It seems to be generally new players who buy them, when they probably shouldn't, where as veterans don't have a need to....it's also rediculously over priced.

Edit: If you had a choice of stats for exotic armor, they might be a lil more useful. But who wants Soldiers armor?

[Asum.4960]

I could level and fully gear in ascended 15+ characters instantly with stuff just lying around in my bank collecting dust.Even the ones from the expansions I just used to free up the shared slot they came with.

It's a neat feature in theory, but I feel like either you shouldn't use it when you could make use of it to level a first or second character and should rather get to know the game and gameplay first by leveling naturally, or you don't need to use it anymore because of how much tools to skip the leveling process GW2 throws at you already once you are established as player.The price is quite hefty as well.

[NanoEliteSixSixSix.8935]

None. In fact, I haven't even used the free ones I got. I should probably do that some day and free up that shared slot...

[castlemanic.3198]

i used the free ones, but i didn't buy any. I have so many characters that are level 80. I don't have a personal use for them, but that doesn't mean that there's no reason for them to exist.

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

Until/unless I run out of birthday scrolls/tomes of knowledge, they are currently surplus to my requirements.

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For those who did buy any: what were your thoughts before this item became available? Were you against it (but: if you can't beat 'em, join 'em)? Did you always want one? Did it never occur to you that this would be a gemshop item?

@NanoEliteSixSixSix.8935 said:I haven't even used the free ones I got. I should probably do that some day and free up that shared slot...I recommend it.That was 100% the reason I used mine. The first jump-started my revenant. The second, I just popped on an existing L80, because I couldn't be bothered to set up gear for another toon while I had immediate use for the shared inventory.

[Kaliwenda.3428]

@Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:Ha! I still have the two in my Shared Inventory Slot.

Me too :)

[whoeverxwins.1279]

I used the 2 I had back when I was in an RP guild and hated a low level trying to keep up in the jungle, but then wound up deleting one of the characters. lol Leveling is so easy, seems no point to boosting to me. Plus, if I REALLY want to jump a few levels, I have more Tomes of Knowledge in the bank than I know what to do with.

[MrRuin.9740]

None. I created dummy characters just to get rid of the free ones.
I've got 3 stacks of tomes as it is, not to mention the birthday boosters.

[Etria.3642]

None. Way way way way way too easy to level in this game. I did use the ones that came Free, one because I was still new( my second oldest character, I have not yet got my third birthday), the other because I wanted the slot.

[JUN YANG.4328]

i havent bought any, but i have more then 20 boost (included 20~80 boost) in my bank filled in space. :/

[TheJmandude.1548]

By endgame, you end up having more tomes than you know what to do with, so getting a level 80 booster is a waste of gems. The only time I've ever even used a booster was after I got HoT and wasted it on a ranger before promptly deleting him afterwards. I still have my PoF booster gathering dust in my shared inventory.

[Naxos.2503]

I used those from the expansions so they wouldn't waste space. That said, the shared inventory slot is a godsend for my mist lock entry ticket, and my world boss timer item.

[ChronoPinoyX.7923]

I only ever used the 2 free ones cuz I wanted to free up the space for the shared inventory. I used it on characters I know I will use so it's not wasted, but I've got so much tomes I could have used those instead.

[Menadena.7482]

Why? If you play at all you can level to 80 in short order. If you prefer tomes you can get 10 (with an option of 16) a month just for logging in. Then you have the birthday scrolls.

[Gop.8713]

Even the free ones I used on existing 80s just to free up the shared slot. Leveling is fun and I don't like the idea of skipping over that part of the game. There are a lot of 'convenience' items or techniques that to me just seem like paying to have the game played for me. Just don't see the point personally but I guess it's nice that they are available to ppl who have dif perspectives . . .